High School Roundup: Ferguson Top Seed Returns To Lineup

High School Roundup

Wendy Hsu, Ferguson No. 1 player who was sidelined after injuring her leg in the season-opening Newport News Invitational, returned to play doubles Tuesday with partner Leighann Luter.

The pair won 6-0, 6-1 in the Mariners' 9-0 sweep of Bethel. Hsu is expected to play in the top singles match when the Mariners go to Tabb Thursday. In Hsu's absence, Cecibel DeGracia won a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 1.

Lafayette 7, Phoebus 1

After returning from the Stafford Invitational tournament this weekend where she won all three of her matches, Scottie Howard topped Phoebus' Laura Doherty 6-3, 6-1 to lead Lafayette. Teammates Lisa Ligouri, Ante Wind, Kym Lasher, Ashley Turner and Whitney Wall all won their singles matches.

ELSEWHERE. The second-seed doubles team of Kristina Olsen and Countney Shankles won their decisive doubles match to lead Tabb to a 5-4 victory over Warwick. ... Olivia Chaplin of Kecoughtan won her singles match, but was unable to lead her team to victory as the Warriors lost 5-4 to visiting Gloucester. The Dukes won four of the six singles matches.

Bruton led 25-12 at halftime, then switched to a more pressing defense in the third period and outscored the Yellow Jackets 24-10.

Essex 50, King & Queen 39

Keisha Norman scored a game-high 19 points to lead undefeated Essex over host King & Queen.

Essex took a 24-12 halftime lead, then held off a rally by the Tigers in the third quarter.

Rasheedah Martin led King & Queen with 17 points, but none of her teammates scored more than 6 points. King and Queen's Nicole Harvey held Essex's Serita Jackson - who averages 23 points per game - to eight points.

Northumberland 59,

Mathews 37

Turkesa Johnson scored 10 points to lead a balanced attack as the Indians rolled to a non-district victory over the host Blue Devils.

Northumberland (2-1) trailed 12-10 after one period, but clamped on the defensive pressure in the middle two quarters and outscored Mathews 30-14.

Lindsey Thomas led Mathews with nine points.

HRA 42, Catholic 32

Holli Kubicki and Sarah Curbow each scored 12 points as the Navigators pulled away from a 13-13 halftime tie and defeat the visiting Crusaders in a Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools game.

After a standoff first half, a change in defensive pressure by Hampton Roads Academy picked up the tempo and allowed the Navigators to slowly pull away.

``We changed defenses at the half and put on more pressure to force the tempo to our liking. It was a balanced team effort," said HRA coach Keith Cobb.

Samantha Green paced Catholic with 19 points.

Hampton Christian 67,

Williamsburg Christian 42

Laura Oden scored 21 and Cassie Roberts added 20 points and six steals as the Warriors jumped out to a 28-16 halftime lead and rolled to a non-conference victory over visiting Williamsburg Christian.

Erin Cathye chipped in 14 points for Hampton Christian (2-4) as the Warriors hit on 20-of-27 from the foul line to keep the game at a comfortable margin.

Joy Farino paced Williamsburg Christian with 16 points.

Commonwealth Chr. 41,

Isle of Wight 38

Casey Delano scored 11 points for Isle of Wight in its loss to Commonwealth Christian.

Despite Isle of Wight's 20-13 lead at the half, Commonwealth Christian scored 16 points in the third quarter to put the Chargers away.

Hampton Roads Academy, scoring three goals in each half, took advantage of its experience and easily downed host Catholic.

``Once things started to roll, they kept going,'' HRA coach Kelly Alford said. Griff Behncke and Will Swink each scored twice for the Navigators, and Ben Pait had two assists. Matt Behncke had a goal and an assist. HRA's other goal came from Jonathon Wilson.

Keeper Andy Wassum made four saves and registered the shutout for HRA (4-0).

Denbigh Bapt. 2,

B.E.A.C.H. 2

Jeromy Pugh and James Forgeng each scored for Denbigh Baptist in its tie with host B.E.A.C.H. Mathew Edmonds and Jason Tutone assisted the goals, and keeper Evan Chappell made seven saves.

Hampton's Forrest Black (18:50) and Menchville's Sharyn Harden (22:55) won the boys and girls races in a cross country dual meet on Hampton High's 3.1-mile course. The Crabbers boys won 19-37. the Monarchs girls were 20-36 winners. ... Andy Riley led the Gloucester boys to a 19-43 victory over Lafayette with a winning time of 19.11 at the 3.1-mile Beaverdam course.

FIELD HOCKEY

Emily Horsley, Andrea Gurra and Emily Pongonis each scored to lead York to a 3-0 victory over visiting Kecoughtan.